max donath
Existing vehicle data bus, cellphone SMS proposed for nearterm VMT charge
Posted on Fri, 2009-07-10 00:20
Engineers at the University of Minnesota (UMinn) have devised a plug-in device for measuring vehicle-miles traveled and logging it for road use charges (RUC) that they say could be deployed near-term. The system makes use of an electronic processor and memory that can be plugged into an existing vehicle data bus via a Data Link Connector plug, and which uses cellphone data links.
